Dr. Schettler came to Juniata in 1967 with a Ph.D. from Yale
University in physical chemistry.† His
greatest love is teaching, but he believes that quality experience is the
greatest teacher.† Thus his goal is to
create such experiences for students.

Schettler arrived at Juniata College with a background in metal ammonia
solutions and an interest in the electrode kinetics of sodium metal ammonia
solutions.† He then became interested
helping with the energy crisis of the 1970ís.†
As a result he attacked the problem of how natural gas is stored in
shale source rock.† This resulted in
obtaining contracts with Columbia Gas System Service Corporation, DOE, the Gas
Research Institute, and a variety of wireline and
service companies.† Since that time he
has shifted to Field Flow Fractionation, Gas Chromatography, and Computational
Chemistry.† Currently his main thrust is
in the area of calculating gas chromatography retention times.† All of his work in these
areas have involved extensive student participation.